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LEWIS MURR, OF PHlLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH METZ AND BERNARD METZ, OFSA'ME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 75,957, dated March 24, 18681' @In dgrhnle rrfrmt tu im tlgtst teiers' patent mit mating pitt tf tlp` same.

TQ ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, LEWIS MUltR, of city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have l invented a new useful Mode of` Printing andEmhoss'ingOloth and other fabrics; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description vof the same, sufficient to enable vothers skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to fully understand and use the same, reference being had-to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in anovel mode' of printing and embossing ornamentations on fabrics b y the use of an engraved plate applied directly to the cloth, and a heated metallic plate interposed betweenv the engraved plate and the press, as hereinafter described.

Hi'therto the art of printing and embossing figures anddesigns on fabrics has demanded consecutive or separatc operations. The ordinary stencil is often employed, and the iiguresor patterns filled in afterwards. The

colors have been piled up`or laid on thickly, so as to project the figures, and present the appearance of raised work. This mode is defective, since the colors are brittle, and liable to crack, and, every time the figure comes in contact with any object, a portion thereof is broken off, and soon the ornamentation is destroyed, and the fabric laid bare again. l A

In carrying out my invention, I first engrave an'ordinarybrass plate, A, with sunk or depressed figuresq such as Ilmvers, fruit, animals, or whatever designs or representations-I desire, and charge or feed them throughout with various colors, according to taste. This plate is applieddirectly to the top of the cloth or fabric, the A colors being in a wet state. An iron plate, B, is then heated to a certain degree, and laid on the top or back of the engraved plate, and the whole is placed under a press, C, of certainpower. This iron plate is extremely necessary in my process. Y

If the'engraved plates were heated, they would not only burn or Scorch the fabric,'but the line lines become rough, as well as the whole surface of the engravings. The color will immediately dry, and be useless for the purpose intended. Therefore it is extremely necessary to apply first a cold plate with Wet colors to the cloth. The hot iron plate being applied to the engraved plate, the heat will slowly be diffused through the latter plate while the cloth and thetwo plates are under pressure. l

I The coloris gradually absorbed by'the fabric as it enters or is forced into thedepressious or engraved portions of the plate, and tlien it dries lwith a yuniform and elasticfnish; and so perfect is the drying that each ornamentation appears to be homogeneous from the surface to the back of the fabric, and', therefore, the parts thus ornamented present the appearance of fine velvet, or ordinary worsted, embroidered, o); vraised work.

The engravings for each patternor design are made on one plate, but the various colors are applied thereto, respectively, on the same plate.

vI am aware that fabric has been ornamented in colors, but not simultaneously printed and embossed at one operationby the process hereinspeciied. l

My invention can be applied to any fabric, and` in the ornamentation of table-covers, piano-covers, skirts, slippers, ladies cloaks, and the like. t

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to sec`ure by Letters Patent, s

The printing and embossing ofcloth or other fabric at one operation, by the employment of an engraved plate,l applied directly to such fabric, and a heated plate, applied to the engraved plate, substantially as-and for the purpose set forth. i

To the above I havesigned my name, this fourteenth day of February, 1868.

` LEWIS MURR.

Witnesses:

WM. A. WIEDnRsHEIM, 'Bj METZ. 

